Luke 2:1-14
Devotion
We've heard the story a thousand times. The drama began quietly in a Bethlehem barn. Apart from the two parents, who even noticed? A few shepherds who had been dazzled by a vision of angels and travel-weary astrologers who had followed a star. Not a word in the local paper the next day. Nobody in nearby Jerusalem would have heard about it. Yet heaven and nature sang that night, and the whole history of the earth took a turn.
Prayer
Dear Lord, it's an old, familiar story, but we thank you that it moves us deeply each year. Amen.